Senka Veletanlić 1st EP recording (1962)

Very typical early 1960s release for Belgrade-based PGP RTB that often had popular singers recording popular music with light jazz touch. Nothing wrong with that, except that most of singers of that generation sound very much alike - for some reason, personalities were subdued, restrained and controlled - even mighty Nada Knežević tweets like cheerful canary bird on her early recordings from same time.

The backing band is capable but of course, derivative, what else to expect when they play covers of Irving Berlin and such. It must have sounded very modern to our local ears unused to american songbook repertoire, but honestly this was light years away from current pop of 1962. As for the man star, the singer Senka Veletanlić, she had a very nice, smooth and light voice that was actually not bad at all - she was specially effective as a torch singer ("Midnight sun" or Edith Piaf cover) and could easily handle swing ("Only love me") of course these titles were all translated in serbian language. In retrospective, Veletanlić was pop singer who could also sing light swing when inspired. Was this commercially visible or successful is probably another story - to my knowledge (and ears) she sounds too polite and unobtrusive for major success - covers and performances on pop festivals were her destiny.